Category: Think Pieces
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“Activate your Goddess energy (Get everything you want)”. “How to make him want you.” “Masculine behaviours to STOP NOW!” As with many things, it all started with a deep dive on TikTok. I found myself scrolling through #divinefeminine,#hypergamy, #feminineenergy, #goddess and finding an overrepresentation of Black women making content underneath these hashtags. TikTok now seems…
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If you buy into the eye-popping colour palettes, childlike graphics, clashing prints, circus-like collars, childlike accessories, checkerboard, rainbow, harlequin prints, and dramatic face makeup finished with a cherry red nose, then that’s great. If you’re less than enchanted by the former, you can opt for pastoral frills, nap dresses, and cute glitter noses, merging clowncore…
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F boys. Scammers. Deets.Yahoo boys. Swindlers (Yes, Simon Leviev, I’m talking about you.) Whilst we are still in the early stages of 2022, it seems that conversations around fraud and financial scams are so much more frequent these days. It is up for debate whether we have become more cognisant of these conversations because of…
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While this aesthetic may seem niche, all it is is a play on sexed-up grunge-glam – which has been around forever. This look has forever been the uniform of rockstar girlfriends and groupies, who have always perfectly meshed glam and grunge to catch the eye of those in the spotlight while sticking true to who…
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![10 books we’re reading (and looking out for) in 2022 [@Oloni] & [@yewande_biala]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BOOKS-WEBSITE-HEADER.jpeg)
We’re halfway through February, and if you have plans to read more books in 2022, it’s not too late to start. You may be behind on your “one-book-a-month” goal, but don’t worry – there are plenty of books this year that will have you racing from cover to cover. This year, we anticipate a book…
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We saw pop-punk given a modern makeover when it came back last year, as happens with all recurring trends. It was a fresher image, utilising the bliss of hindsight to cherry-pick the better parts of the movement. While heavily distorted guitar chords, ‘talk singing’, and plaid remain, a more refined smudged liner replaces the heavy-duty…
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Keeping up to date with fashion has never been easier. Whether you’re a fashion newbie, a professional who works in fashion, or a style enthusiast, the information you need is at your fingertips. Fashion podcasting is growing steadily, with many shows investigating history, culture, trends and working in the fashion industry. If you are a…
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We are living through a period defined by grief that’s getting more exhausting by the day. When we lose household names like Thierry Mugler and Virgil Abloh, it’s difficult not to imagine the world a little dimmer without such transcendent stars.
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According to Vogue, the 2014 Tumblr Girl is back. TikTok knows this, and creators are reminiscing on the trends earlier spotlight, showing off old Tumblr accounts, and predicting what the 2020’s revival will bring. What is missing, however, is people adopting the trend. Trends come out of nowhere. We wake up to find them dominating…
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With over 4.5 and 13.5 billion (yes, billion!) views on TikTok, respectively, #thrift and #vintage have joined forces to propel the already popular topic of second-hand fashion into the stratosphere. Both ideals have become a central shared ethos of all in the fashion world, and second-hand content has taken over the internet, kicking fast fashion to the…